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Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$598k
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$315kArts & Culture$245kRecreation & Sports$220kPhilanthropy$198kYouth Development$125kEducation$125kPublic Benefit$120kHuman Services$105kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $420k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IDITAROD TRAIL COMMITTEE$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION$50,000
CURE EPILEPSY$30,000
ALASKA RESOURCE EDUCATION$30,000
ALASKA AVIATION MUSEUM GOOSE PROJEC$25,000
SEASHARE$25,000
USS TED STEVENS COMMISSIONING$25,000
THE GREAT ALASKA COUNCIL$25,000
ALASKA AVIATION HERITAGE MUSEUM$20,000
TED STEVENS FOUNDATION$20,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$20,000
ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY$20,000
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION$20,000
GREAT ALASKA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS$15,000
MOBILE MEDICS INTERNATIONAL$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $10k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
MN
IL
IA
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
MS
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 39 repeat orgs$243k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
3

Total granted

$1.5M
$50k

Still filing today

69%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $193k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IT
    IDITAROD TRAIL COMMITTEE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $200k · revenue +58%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +132%
  • TT
    THE TED STEVENS FOUNDATION FKA NORTH TO THE FUTURE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $80k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • TH
    TONGASS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • WM
    WHITTIER MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
2
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
3
Alaska Avalanche School Inc

The mission of the Alaska Avalanche School is to provide exceptional experience-based avalanche safety education to all users of the mountain environment.

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Blood Bank of Alaska Inc

The blood bank provides blood products and testing services to hospitals to ensure an adequate and safe supply of blood in routine and emergency situations. it provides educational services to potential donors and recipients of blood…

Health
5
Alaska Trails

Building partnerships, building trails. Working to build trails across the state and build capacity for trail organizations.

Recreation & Sports
6
Alaska Geographic Association

Connects people to alaska's public lands through the creation and delivery of educational products and programs.

Environment
7
Alaska Childrens Alliance

Dedicated to strengthening the multi-disciplinary response to child abuse. We strive to ensure that professionals throughout Alaska are equipped to do the best job possible at holding offenders accountable and helping children and families…

Crime & Legal
8
Associated General Contractors of Alaska

The mission of associated general contractors of alaska is to advocate for our members and the alaskan construction industry, to provide educational opportunities for our members and to make the public aware of our members' skills,…

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9
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science

The alaska sealife center generates and shares scientific knowledge to promote understanding and stewardship of alaska's marine ecosystems.

Animals
10
Alaska Power Association

Promote and encourage cooperation among Alaska electric utilities and their customers while promoting the operation of electrical plants adequate for the needs of Alaskan consumers.

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11
Food Bank of Alaska

FBA believes no one deserves to be hungry. We are dedicated to eliminating hunger in Alaska by obtaining and providing food to partner agencies and through anti-hunger leadership.

Food & Nutrition
12
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council Inc-Seacc

SEACC's mission is to protect the special places of the world's largest temperate rainforest, promote conservation, and advocate for sustainability in human use of natural resources. Inspired by the land, wildlife, cultures, and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camp Fire Alaska; the most unlike its peers is Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
18/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $80,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY557 FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Other557 FOUNDATIONGREAT ALASKA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS: $60,000 · OtherGREAT ALASKA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTSVIRGINIA MASON FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF SOUTHCENTRAL: $38,148 · OtherJunior Achievement of Alaska Inc: $40,000 · OtherALASKA RESOURCE EDUCATION: $30,000 · Other+30 more: $497,820 · Other+30 moreCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $90,000 · HealthCitizens United fo…EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $80,000 · HealthEPILEPSY FOUNDATIO…MOBILE MEDICS INTERNATIONAL: $60,000 · HealthMOBILE MEDICS INTE…PROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthPROVIDENCE ALASKA …Shoot For The Cure: $20,000 · HealthShoot For The CureBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthBRAIN RESEARCH FOU…IDITAROD TRAIL COMMITTEE: $200,000 · Recreation & SportsIDITAROD TRAI…Alaska Special Olympics DBA Special Olympics Alaska Inc: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsAlaska Specia…THE TED STEVENS FOUNDATION FKA NORTH TO THE FUTURE FOUNDATION: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TED STE…Alaska Aviation Museum: $80,000 · Arts & CultureAlaska Avia…ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY: $20,000 · Arts & CultureENGINE 557 …MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationCalista Education and Culture Inc: $15,000 · EducationCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $30,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 · Human ServicesSEASHARE: $65,000 · Community Improvement
Other$845,968Health$300,000Recreation & Sports$220,000Arts & Culture$190,000Education$115,000Human Services$70,000Community Improvement$65,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIDITAROD TRAIL COMMITTEE: $200,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $90,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TED STEVENS FOUNDATION FKA NORTH TO THE FUTURE FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetAlaska Aviation Museum: $80,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetSEASHARE: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMOBILE MEDICS INTERNATIONAL: $60,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetJunior Achievement of Alaska Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetALASKA RESOURCE EDUCATION: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 4y, 84% of budget610 Great Alaska Council: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCEC SEABEE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ANCHORAGE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShoot For The Cure: $20,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetCAMP FIRE ALASKA: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Last Frontier Honor Flight: $20,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Special Olympics DBA Special Olympics Alaska Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAlaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCalista Education and Culture Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA: $14,870 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetUnited Way of the Tanana Valley Inc: $10,450 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL SEARCH AND RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 20% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Rasmuson FoundationThe Alaska Community …Wells Fargo FoundationUnited Way of Anchora…The Carr Foundation I…Valley Hospital Assoc…Global Credit Union F…Atwood Foundation IncIma FoundationThe Sholton FoundationGillam FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…
Rasmuson FoundationAK43.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · United Way of Anchorage · The Carr Foundation Inc · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · Global Credit Union Foundation · Atwood Foundation Inc · Ima Foundation · The Sholton Foundation · Gillam Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home